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Anwar MU, van der Goot FG. Refining S-acylation: Structure, regulation, dynamics, and therapeutic implications. J Cell Biol 2023; 222:e202307103. [PMID: 37756661 PMCID: PMC10533364 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202307103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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With a limited number of genes, cells achieve remarkable diversity. This is to a large extent achieved by chemical posttranslational modifications of proteins. Amongst these are the lipid modifications that have the unique ability to confer hydrophobicity. The last decade has revealed that lipid modifications of proteins are extremely frequent and affect a great variety of cellular pathways and physiological processes. This is particularly true for S-acylation, the only reversible lipid modification. The enzymes involved in S-acylation and deacylation are only starting to be understood, and the list of proteins that undergo this modification is ever-increasing. We will describe the state of knowledge on the enzymes that regulate S-acylation, from their structure to their regulation, how S-acylation influences target proteins, and finally will offer a perspective on how alterations in the balance between S-acylation and deacylation may contribute to disease.
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- Muhammad U. Anwar
- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Alanazi SA, Alanazi F, Haq N, Shakeel F, Badran MM, Harisa GI. Lipoproteins-Nanocarriers as a Promising Approach for Targeting Liver Cancer: Present Status and Application Prospects. Curr Drug Deliv 2020; 17:826-844. [PMID: 32026776 DOI: 10.2174/1567201817666200206104338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The prevalence of liver cancer is increasing over the years and it is the fifth leading cause of mortality worldwide. The intrusive features and burden of low survival rate make it a global health issue in both developing and developed countries. The recommended chemotherapy drugs for patients in the intermediate and advanced stages of various liver cancers yield a low response rate due to the nonspecific nature of drug delivery, thus warranting the search for new therapeutic strategies and potential drug delivery carriers. There are several new drug delivery methods available to ferry the targeted molecules to the specific biological environment. In recent years, the nano assembly of lipoprotein moieties (lipidic nanoparticles) has emerged as a promising and efficiently tailored drug delivery system in liver cancer treatment. This increased precision of nano lipoproteins conjugates in chemotherapeutic targeting offers new avenues for the treatment of liver cancer with high specificity and efficiency. This present review is focused on concisely outlining the knowledge of liver cancer diagnosis, existing treatment strategies, lipoproteins, their preparation, mechanism and their potential application in the treatment of liver cancer.
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- Saleh A Alanazi
- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Wang H, Yuan X, Sun Y, Mao X, Meng C, Tan L, Song C, Qiu X, Ding C, Liao Y. Infectious bronchitis virus entry mainly depends on clathrin mediated endocytosis and requires classical endosomal/lysosomal system. Virology 2018; 528:118-136. [PMID: 30597347 PMCID: PMC7111473 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2018.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Although several reports suggest that the entry of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) depends on lipid rafts and low pH, the endocytic route and intracellular trafficking are unclear. In this study, we aimed to shed greater light on early steps in IBV infection. By using chemical inhibitors, RNA interference, and dominant negative mutants, we observed that lipid rafts and low pH was indeed required for virus entry; IBV mainly utilized the clathrin mediated endocytosis (CME) for entry; GTPase dynamin 1 was involved in virus containing vesicle scission; and the penetration of IBV into cells led to active cytoskeleton rearrangement. By using R18 labeled virus, we found that virus particles moved along with the classical endosome/lysosome track. Functional inactivation of Rab5 and Rab7 significantly inhibited IBV infection. Finally, by using dual R18/DiOC labeled IBV, we observed that membrane fusion was induced after 1 h.p.i. in late endosome/lysosome. Intact lipid rafts is involved in IBV entry. Low pH in intracyplasmic vesicles is required for IBV entry. IBV penetrates cells via clathrin mediated endocytosis. IBV moves along with the classical endosome/lysosome track, finally fuses with late endosome/lysosome.
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- Huan Wang
- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China; Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, PR China.
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- Department of Avian Diseases, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 200241, PR China.
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Guo H, Huang M, Yuan Q, Wei Y, Gao Y, Mao L, Gu L, Tan YW, Zhong Y, Liu D, Sun S. The Important Role of Lipid Raft-Mediated Attachment in the Infection of Cultured Cells by Coronavirus Infectious Bronchitis Virus Beaudette Strain. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170123. [PMID: 28081264 PMCID: PMC5231368 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Lipid raft is an important element for the cellular entry of some viruses, including coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). However, the exact role of lipid rafts in the cellular membrane during the entry of IBV into host cells is still unknown. In this study, we biochemically fractionated IBV-infected cells via sucrose density gradient centrifugation after depleting plasma membrane cholesterol with methyl-β-cyclodextrin or Mevastatin. Our results demonstrated that unlike IBV non-structural proteins, IBV structural proteins co-localized with lipid raft marker caveolin-1. Infectivity assay results of Vero cells illustrated that the drug-induced disruption of lipid rafts significantly suppressed IBV infection. Further studies revealed that lipid rafts were not required for IBV genome replication or virion release at later stages. However, the drug-mediated depletion of lipid rafts in Vero cells before IBV attachment significantly reduced the expression of viral structural proteins, suggesting that drug treatment impaired the attachment of IBV to the cell surface. Our results indicated that lipid rafts serve as attachment factors during the early stages of IBV infection, especially during the attachment stage.
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- Huichen Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
- College of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, P.R. China
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- * E-mail: (SS); (DL)
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping, Lanzhou, Gansu, The P.R. China
- * E-mail: (SS); (DL)
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Peraro MD, van der Goot FG. Pore-forming toxins: ancient, but never really out of fashion. Nat Rev Microbiol 2015; 14:77-92. [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2015.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 476] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Abbas W, Herbein G. Plasma membrane signaling in HIV-1 infection. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1838:1132-42. [PMID: 23806647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2013] [Revised: 06/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/16/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Plasma membrane is a multifunctional structure that acts as the initial barrier against infection by intracellular pathogens. The productive HIV-1 infection depends upon the initial interaction of virus and host plasma membrane. Immune cells such as CD4+ T cells and macrophages contain essential cell surface receptors and molecules such as CD4, CXCR4, CCR5 and lipid raft components that facilitate HIV-1 entry. From plasma membrane HIV-1 activates signaling pathways that prepare the grounds for viral replication. Through viral proteins HIV-1 hijacks host plasma membrane receptors such as Fas, TNFRs and DR4/DR5, which results in immune evasion and apoptosis both in infected and uninfected bystander cells. These events are hallmark in HIV-1 pathogenesis that leads towards AIDS. The interplay between HIV-1 and plasma membrane signaling has much to offer in terms of viral fitness and pathogenicity, and a better understanding of this interplay may lead to development of new therapeutic approaches. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Viral Membrane Proteins - Channels for Cellular Networking.
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- Wasim Abbas
- Department of Virology, EA 4266 "Pathogens & Inflammation", SFR FED4234, University of Franche-Comte, CHRU Besançon, F-25030 Besançon, France.
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- Department of Virology, EA 4266 "Pathogens & Inflammation", SFR FED4234, University of Franche-Comte, CHRU Besançon, F-25030 Besançon, France.
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Atomic force microscopy imaging of lipid rafts of human breast cancer cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:2943-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 07/25/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Rosazza C, Phez E, Escoffre JM, Cézanne L, Zumbusch A, Rols MP. Cholesterol implications in plasmid DNA electrotransfer: Evidence for the involvement of endocytotic pathways. Int J Pharm 2011; 423:134-43. [PMID: 21601622 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2011.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2011] [Revised: 05/05/2011] [Accepted: 05/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The delivery of therapeutic molecules such as plasmid DNA in cells and tissues by means of electric fields holds great promise for anticancer treatment. To allow for their therapeutic action, the molecules have first to traverse the cell membrane. The mechanisms by which the electrotransferred pDNA interacts with and crosses the plasma membrane are not yet fully explained. The aim of this study is to unravel the role of cholesterol during gene electrotransfer in cells. We performed cholesterol depletion experiments and measured its effects on various steps of the electroporation process. The first two steps consisting of electropermeabilization of the plasma membrane and of pDNA interaction with it were not affected by cholesterol depletion. In contrast, gene expression decreased. Colocalization studies with endocytotic markers showed that pDNA is endocytosed with concomitant clathrin- and caveolin/raft-mediated endocytosis. Cholesterol might be involved in the pDNA translocation through the plasma membrane. This is the first direct experimental evidence of the occurrence of endocytosis in gene electrotransfer.
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- Christelle Rosazza
- Department of Structural Biology and Biophysics, CNRS, Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, 205 Route de Narbonne, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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Fat globules selected from whole milk according to their size: Different compositions and structure of the biomembrane, revealing sphingomyelin-rich domains. Food Chem 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Martín C, Uribe KB, Gómez-Bilbao G, Ostolaza H. Adenylate cyclase toxin promotes internalisation of integrins and raft components and decreases macrophage adhesion capacity. PLoS One 2011; 6:e17383. [PMID: 21383852 PMCID: PMC3044178 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough, secretes an adenylate cyclase toxin (ACT) that must be post-translationally palmitoylated in the bacterium cytosol to be active. The toxin targets phagocytes expressing the CD11b/CD18 integrin receptor. It delivers a catalytic adenylate cyclase domain into the target cell cytosol producing a rapid increase of intracellular cAMP concentration that suppresses bactericidal functions of the phagocyte. ACT also induces calcium fluxes into target cells. Biochemical, biophysical and cell biology approaches have been applied here to show evidence that ACT and integrin molecules, along with other raft components, are rapidly internalized by the macrophages in a toxin-induced calcium rise-dependent process. The toxin-triggered internalisation events occur through two different routes of entry, chlorpromazine-sensitive receptor-mediated endocytosis and clathrin-independent internalisation, maybe acting in parallel. ACT locates into raft-like domains, and is internalised, also in cells devoid of receptor. Altogether our results suggest that adenylate cyclase toxin, and maybe other homologous pathogenic toxins from the RTX (Repeats in Toxin) family to which ACT belongs, may be endowed with an intrinsic capacity to, directly and efficiently, insert into raft-like domains, promoting there its multiple activities. One direct consequence of the integrin removal from the cell surface of the macrophages is the hampering of their adhesion ability, a fundamental property in the immune response of the leukocytes that could be instrumental in the pathogenesis of Bordetella pertussis.
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- César Martín
- Unidad de Biofísica and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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- Unidad de Biofísica and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, Bilbao, Spain
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Ohno-Iwashita Y, Shimada Y, Hayashi M, Inomata M. Plasma membrane microdomains in aging and disease. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2010; 10 Suppl 1:S41-52. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin mobilizes its beta2 integrin receptor into lipid rafts to accomplish translocation across target cell membrane in two steps. PLoS Pathog 2010; 6:e1000901. [PMID: 20485565 PMCID: PMC2869314 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2009] [Accepted: 04/07/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Bordetella adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) binds the αMβ2 integrin (CD11b/CD18, Mac-1, or CR3) of myeloid phagocytes and delivers into their cytosol an adenylate cyclase (AC) enzyme that converts ATP into the key signaling molecule cAMP. We show that penetration of the AC domain across cell membrane proceeds in two steps. It starts by membrane insertion of a toxin ‘translocation intermediate’, which can be ‘locked’ in the membrane by the 3D1 antibody blocking AC domain translocation. Insertion of the ‘intermediate’ permeabilizes cells for influx of extracellular calcium ions and thus activates calpain-mediated cleavage of the talin tether. Recruitment of the integrin-CyaA complex into lipid rafts follows and the cholesterol-rich lipid environment promotes translocation of the AC domain across cell membrane. AC translocation into cells was inhibited upon raft disruption by cholesterol depletion, or when CyaA mobilization into rafts was blocked by inhibition of talin processing. Furthermore, CyaA mutants unable to mobilize calcium into cells failed to relocate into lipid rafts, and failed to translocate the AC domain across cell membrane, unless rescued by Ca2+ influx promoted in trans by ionomycin or another CyaA protein. Hence, by mobilizing calcium ions into phagocytes, the ‘translocation intermediate’ promotes toxin piggybacking on integrin into lipid rafts and enables AC enzyme delivery into host cytosol. The adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) of pathogenic Bordetellae eliminates the first line of host innate immune defense. It penetrates myeloid phagocytes, such as neutrophils, macrophage or dendritic cells, and subverts their signaling by catalyzing an extremely rapid conversion of intracellular ATP to the key signaling molecule cAMP. This efficiently inhibits the oxidative burst and complement-mediated opsonophagocytic killing of bacteria, thus enabling the pathogen to colonize host airways. We show that translocation of CyaA into phagocyte cytosol occurs in two steps. The toxin first binds the integrin CD11b/CD18 and inserts into phagocyte membrane to mediate influx of calcium ions into cells. This promotes relocation of the toxin-receptor complex into specific lipid microdomains within cell membrane called rafts. The increased concentrations of cholesterol within rafts and their particular lipid organization then support translocation of the adenylate cyclase enzyme directly into the cytoplasmic compartment of cells. The mechanism of CyaA penetration into cells sets a new paradigm for membrane translocation of toxins of the RTX family.
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Lipid rafts in the bovine milk fat globule membrane revealed by the lateral segregation of phospholipids and heterogeneous distribution of glycoproteins. Food Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.09.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ohno-Iwashita Y, Shimada Y, Hayashi M, Iwamoto M, Iwashita S, Inomata M. Cholesterol-binding toxins and anti-cholesterol antibodies as structural probes for cholesterol localization. Subcell Biochem 2010; 51:597-621. [PMID: 20213560 DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8622-8_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Cholesterol is one of the major constituents of mammalian cell membranes. It plays an indispensable role in regulating the structure and function of cell membranes and affects the pathology of various diseases. In recent decades much attention has been paid to the existence of membrane microdomains, generally termed lipid "rafts", and cholesterol, along with sphingolipids, is thought to play a critical role in raft structural organization and function. Cholesterol-binding probes are likely to provide useful tools for analyzing the distribution and dynamics of membrane cholesterol, as a structural element of raft microdomains, and elsewhere within the cell. Among the probes, non-toxic derivatives of perfringolysin O, a cholesterol-binding cytolysin, bind cholesterol in a concentration-dependent fashion with a strict threshold. They selectively recognize cholesterol in cholesterol-enriched membranes, and have been used in many studies to detect microdomains in plasma and intracellular membranes. Anti-cholesterol antibodies that recognize cholesterol in domain structures have been developed in recent years. In this chapter, we describe the characteristics of these cholesterol-binding proteins and their applications to studies on membrane cholesterol localization.
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- Yoshiko Ohno-Iwashita
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Iwaki Meisei University, 5-5-1 Chuodai Iino, Iwaki City, Fukushima, 970-8551, Japan.
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Yuan J, Kiss A, Pramudya YH, Nguyen LT, Hirst LS. Solution synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals structural details of lipid domains in ternary mixtures. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2009; 79:031924. [PMID: 19391988 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.031924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2008] [Revised: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The influence of cholesterol on lipid bilayer structure is significant and the effect of cholesterol on lipid sorting and phase separation in lipid-raft-forming model membrane systems has been well investigated by microscopy methods on giant vesicles. An important consideration however is the influence of fluorescence illumination on the phase state of these lipids and this effect must be carefully minimized. In this paper, we show that synchrotron x-ray scattering on solution lipid mixtures is an effective alternative technique for the identification and characterization of the l_{o} (liquid ordered) and l_{d} (liquid disordered) phases. The high intensity of synchrotron x rays allows the observation of up to 5 orders of diffraction from the l_{o} phase, whereas only two are clearly visible when the l_{d} phase alone is present. This data can be collected in approximately 1 min/sample , allowing rapid generation of phase data. In this paper, we measure the lamellar spacing in both the liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered phases simultaneously, as a function of cholesterol concentration in two different ternary mixtures. We also observe evidence of a third gel-phaselike population at 10-12 mol % cholesterol and determine the thickness of the bilayer for this phase. Importantly we are able to look at phase coexistence in the membrane independent of photoeffects.
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- Jing Yuan
- Department of Physics and MARTECH, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, USA
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Gravato-Nobre MJ, Hodgkin J. The acyltransferase gene bus-1 exhibits conserved and specific expression in nematode rectal cells and reveals pathogen-induced cell swelling. Dev Dyn 2009; 237:3762-76. [PMID: 19035336 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Susceptibility to the rectal pathogen Microbacterium nematophilum provides a means of examining hindgut differentiation in C. elegans. Mutants of bus-1 are resistant to infection with this pathogen. We show here that bus-1 encodes a predicted acyltransferase expressed in rectal epithelial cells (K, F, and U), suggesting its involvement in regional surface modification. bus-1 reporter genes were used to show spatial regulation by hindgut developmental control genes: egl-38, mab-9, and mab-23. A bus-1::GFP reporter reveals the conspicuous rectal epithelial swelling induced by M. nematophilum. The C. briggsae ortholog of bus-1 exhibits conserved function and rectal expression, but it is expressed in vulval as well as rectal cells, correlated with pathogen adhesion to both vulval and rectal cells in this species. Another acyltransferase affecting bacterial adhesion, bus-18/acl-10, was also identified, which also shows strong rectal expression, but it is expressed in additional epithelial tissues and is required for general surface integrity.
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Hatakeyama T, Unno H, Kouzuma Y, Uchida T, Eto S, Hidemura H, Kato N, Yonekura M, Kusunoki M. C-type Lectin-like Carbohydrate Recognition of the Hemolytic Lectin CEL-III Containing Ricin-type β-Trefoil Folds. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:37826-35. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705604200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hurtado O, Pradillo JM, Fernández-López D, Morales JR, Sobrino T, Castillo J, Alborch E, Moro MA, Lizasoain I. Delayed post-ischemic administration of CDP-choline increases EAAT2 association to lipid rafts and affords neuroprotection in experimental stroke. Neurobiol Dis 2007; 29:123-31. [PMID: 17884513 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2007] [Revised: 07/21/2007] [Accepted: 08/12/2007] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Glutamate transport is the only mechanism for maintaining extracellular glutamate concentrations below excitotoxic levels. Among glutamate transporters, EAAT2 is responsible for up to 90% of all glutamate transport and has been reported to be associated to lipid rafts. In this context, we have recently shown that CDP-choline induces EAAT2 translocation to the membrane. Since CDP-choline preserves membrane stability by recovering levels of sphingomyelin, a glycosphingolipid present in lipid rafts, we have decided to investigate whether CDP-choline increases association of EAAT2 transporter to lipid rafts. Flotillin-1 was used as a marker of lipid rafts due to its known association to these microdomains. After gradient centrifugation, we have found that flotillin-1 appears mainly in fractions 2 and 3 and that EAAT2 protein is predominantly found colocalised with flotillin-1 in fraction 2. We have also demonstrated that CDP-choline increased EAAT2 levels in fraction 2 at both times examined (3 and 6 h after 1 g/kg CDP-choline administration). In agreement with this, [(3)H] glutamate uptake was also increased in flotillin-associated vesicles obtained from brain homogenates of animals treated with CDP-choline. Exposure to middle cerebral artery occlusion also increased EAAT2 levels in lipid rafts, an effect which was further enhanced in those animals receiving 2 g/kg CDP-choline 4 h after the occlusion. Infarct volume measured at 48 h after ischemia showed a reduction in the group treated with CDP-choline 4 h after occlusion. In summary, we have demonstrated that CDP-choline redistributes EAAT2 to lipid raft microdomains and improves glutamate uptake. This effect is also found after experimental stroke, when CDP-choline is administered 4 h after the ischemic occlusion. Since we have also shown that this delayed post-ischemic administration of CDP-choline induces a potent neuroprotection, our data provides a novel target for neuroprotection in stroke.
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- O Hurtado
- Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Ohno-Iwashita Y, Shimada Y, Waheed AA, Hayashi M, Inomata M, Nakamura M, Maruya M, Iwashita S. Perfringolysin O, a cholesterol-binding cytolysin, as a probe for lipid rafts. Anaerobe 2007; 10:125-34. [PMID: 16701509 DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2003.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2003] [Revised: 06/29/2003] [Accepted: 09/19/2003] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Gaining an understanding of the structural and functional roles of cholesterol in membrane lipid rafts is a critical issue in studies on cellular signaling and because of the possible involvement of lipid rafts in various diseases. We have focused on the potential of perfringolysin O (theta-toxin), a cholesterol-binding cytolysin produced by Clostridium perfringens, as a probe for studies on membrane cholesterol. We prepared a protease-nicked and biotinylated derivative of perfringolysin O (BCtheta) that binds selectively to cholesterol in cholesterol-rich microdomains of cell membranes without causing membrane lesions. Since the domains fulfill the criteria of lipid rafts, BCtheta can be used to detect cholesterol-rich lipid rafts. This is in marked contrast to filipin, another cholesterol-binding reagent, which binds indiscriminately to cell cholesterol. Using BCtheta, we are now searching for molecules that localize specifically in cholesterol-rich lipid rafts. Recently, we demonstrated that the C-terminal domain of perfringolysin O, domain 4 (D4), possesses the same binding characteristics as BCtheta. BIAcore analysis showed that D4 binds specifically to cholesterol with the same binding affinity as the full-size toxin. Cell-bound D4 is recovered predominantly from detergent-insoluble, low-density membrane fractions where raft markers, such as cholesterol, flotillin and Src family kinases, are enriched, indicating that D4 also binds selectively to lipid rafts. Furthermore, a green fluorescent protein-D4 fusion protein (GFP-D4) was revealed to be useful for real-time monitoring of cholesterol in lipid rafts in the plasma membrane. In addition, the expression of GFP-D4 in the cytoplasm might allow the investigations of intracellular trafficking of lipid rafts. The simultaneous visualization of lipid rafts in plasma membranes and inside cells might help in gaining a total understanding of the dynamic behavior of lipid rafts.
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- Yoshiko Ohno-Iwashita
- Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Browman DT, Resek ME, Zajchowski LD, Robbins SM. Erlin-1 and erlin-2 are novel members of the prohibitin family of proteins that define lipid-raft-like domains of the ER. J Cell Sci 2006; 119:3149-60. [PMID: 16835267 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.03060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Our laboratory was interested in characterizing the molecular composition of non-caveolar lipid rafts. Thus, we generated monoclonal antibodies to lipid raft proteins of human myelomonocytic cells. Two of these proteins, KE04p and C8orf2, were found to be highly enriched in the detergent-insoluble, buoyant fraction of sucrose gradients in a cholesterol-dependent manner. They contain an evolutionarily conserved domain placing them in the prohibitin family of proteins. In contrast to other family members, these two proteins localized to the ER. Furthermore, the extreme N-termini of KE04p and C8orf2 were found to be sufficient for heterologous targeting of GFP to the ER in the absence of classical ER retrieval motifs. We also demonstrate that all prohibitin family members rely on sequences in their extreme N-termini for their distinctive subcellular distributions including the mitochondria, plasma membrane and Golgi vesicles. Owing to their subcellular localization and their presence in lipid rafts, we have named KE04p and C8orf2, ER lipid raft protein (erlin)-1 and erlin-2, respectively. Interestingly, the ER contains relatively low levels of cholesterol and sphingolipids compared with other organelles. Thus, our data support the existence of lipid-raft-like domains within the membranes of the ER.
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- Duncan T Browman
- Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada
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Fong KP, Pacheco CMF, Otis LL, Baranwal S, Kieba IR, Harrison G, Hersh EV, Boesze-Battaglia K, Lally ET. Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans leukotoxin requires lipid microdomains for target cell cytotoxicity. Cell Microbiol 2006; 8:1753-67. [PMID: 16827908 PMCID: PMC3404838 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00746.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans produces a leukotoxin (Ltx) that kills leukocyte function-associated antigen-1 (LFA-1)-bearing cells from man, the Great Apes and Old World monkeys. The unique specificity of Ltx for the beta2 integrin, LFA-1, suggests it is capable of providing insight into the pathogenic mechanisms of Ltx and other RTX toxins. Using the Jurkat T cell line and an LFA-1-deficient Jurkat mutant (Jbeta2.7) as models, we found the initial effect of Ltx is to elevate cytosolic Ca2+ [Ca2+]c, an event that is independent of the Ltx/LFA-1 interaction. [Ca2+]c increases initiate a series of events that involve the activation of calpain, talin cleavage, mobilization to, and subsequent clustering of, LFA-1 in cholesterol and sphingolipid-rich regions of the plasma membrane known as lipid rafts. The association of Ltx and LFA-1 within lipid rafts is essential for cell lysis. Jbeta2.7 cells fail to accumulate Ltx in their raft fractions and are not killed, while cholesterol depletion experiments demonstrate the necessity of raft integrity for Ltx function. We propose that toxin-induced Ca2+ fluxes mobilize LFA-1 to lipid rafts where it associates with Ltx. These findings suggest that Ltx utilizes the raft to stimulate an integrin signalling pathway that leads to apoptosis of target cells.
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- For correspondence. ; Tel. (+1) 215 898 5913; Fax (+1) 215 573 2050
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Murtazina R, Kovbasnjuk O, Donowitz M, Li X. Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3 activity and trafficking are lipid Raft-dependent. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:17845-55. [PMID: 16648141 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m601740200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A previous study showed that approximately 25-50% of rabbit ileal brush border (BB) Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE3 is in lipid rafts (LR) (Li, X., Galli, T., Leu, S., Wade, J. B., Weinman E. J., Leung, G., Cheong, A., Louvard, D., and Donowitz, M. (2001) J. Physiol. (Lond.) 537, 537-552). Here, we examined the role of LR in NHE3 transport activity using a simpler system: opossum kidney (OK) cells (a renal proximal tubule epithelial cell line) containing NHE3. approximately 50% of surface (biotinylated) NHE3 in OK cells distributed in LR by density gradient centrifugation. Disruption of LR with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) decreased NHE3 activity and increased K'(H+)(i), but K(m)((Na+)) was not affected. The MbetaCD effect was completely reversed by repletion of cholesterol, but not by an inactive analog of cholesterol (cholestane-3beta,5alpha,6beta-triol). The MbetaCD effect was specific for NHE3 activity because it did not alter Na(+)-dependent l-Ala uptake. MbetaCD did not alter OK cell BB topology and did not change the surface amount of NHE3, but greatly reduced the rate of NHE3 endocytosis. The effects of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and of MbetaCD on NHE3 activity were not additive, indicating a common inhibitory mechanism. In contrast, 8-bromo-cAMP and MbetaCD inhibition of NHE3 was additive, indicating different mechanisms for inhibition of NHE3 activity. Approximately 50% of BB NHE3 and only approximately 11% of intracellular NHE3 in polarized OK cells were in LR. In summary, the BB pool of NHE3 in LR is functionally active because MbetaCD treatment decreased NHE3 basal activity. The LR pool is necessary for multiple kinetic aspects of normal NHE3 activity, including V(max) and K'(H+)(i), and also for multiple aspects of NHE3 trafficking, including at least basal endocytosis and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent basal exocytosis. Because the C-terminal domain of NHE3 is necessary for its regulation and because the changes in NHE3 kinetics with MbetaCD resemble those with second messenger regulation of NHE3, these results suggest that the NHE3 C terminus may be involved in the MbetaCD sensitivity of NHE3.
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- Rakhilya Murtazina
- Departments of Physiology and Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Karnell FG, Monroe JG. The Role of Membrane Lipids in the Regulation of Immune Cell Activity. Transfus Med Hemother 2006. [DOI: 10.1159/000090192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Duckely M, Oomen C, Axthelm F, Van Gelder P, Waksman G, Engel A. The VirE1VirE2 complex ofAgrobacterium tumefaciensinteracts with single-stranded DNA and forms channels. Mol Microbiol 2005; 58:1130-42. [PMID: 16262795 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04894.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The VirE2 protein is crucial for the transfer of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) from Agrobacterium tumefaciens to the nucleus of the plant host cell because of its ssDNA binding activity, assistance in nuclear import and putative ssDNA channel activity. The native form of VirE2 in Agrobacterium's cytoplasm is in complex with its specific chaperone, VirE1. Here, we describe the ability of the VirE1VirE2 complex to both bind ssDNA and form channels. The affinity of the VirE1VirE2 complex for ssDNA is slightly reduced compared with VirE2, but the kinetics of binding to ssDNA are unaffected by the presence of VirE1. Upon binding of VirE1VirE2 to ssDNA, similar helical structures to those reported for the VirE2-ssDNA complex were observed by electron microscopy. The VirE1VirE2 complex can release VirE1 once the VirE2-ssDNA complexes assembled. VirE2 exhibits a low affinity for small unilamellar vesicles composed of bacterial lipids and a high affinity for lipid vesicles containing sterols and sphingolipids, typical components of animal and plant membranes. In contrast, the VirE1VirE2 complex associated similarly with all kind of lipids. Finally, black lipid membrane experiments revealed the ability of the VirE1VirE2 complex to form channels. However, the majority of the channels displayed a conductance that was a third of the conductance of VirE2 channels. Our results demonstrate that the binding of VirE1 to VirE2 does not inhibit VirE2 functions and that the effector-chaperone complex is multifunctional.
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- Myriam Duckely
- M.E. Müller Institute for Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, CH-4056, Switzerland
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Cascio M. Connexins and their environment: effects of lipids composition on ion channels. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1711:142-53. [PMID: 15955299 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2004.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2004] [Revised: 11/25/2004] [Accepted: 12/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Intercellular communication is mediated through paired connexons that form an aqueous pore between two adjacent cells. These membrane proteins reside in the plasma membrane of their respective cells and their activity is modulated by the composition of the lipid bilayer. The effects of the bilayer on connexon structure and function may be direct or indirect, and may arise from specific binding events or the physicochemical properties of the bilayer. While the effects of the bilayer and its constituent lipids on gap junction activity have been described in the literature, the underlying mechanisms of the interaction of connexin with its lipidic microenvironment are not as well characterized. Given that the information regarding connexons is limited, in this review, the specific roles of lipids and the properties of the bilayer on membrane protein structure and function are described for other ion channels as well as for connexons.
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- Michael Cascio
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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Aizaki H, Lee KJ, Sung VMH, Ishiko H, Lai MMC. Characterization of the hepatitis C virus RNA replication complex associated with lipid rafts. Virology 2004; 324:450-61. [PMID: 15207630 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2004] [Accepted: 03/24/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The mechanism and machinery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA replication are still poorly characterized. Our previous study has shown that HCV RNA synthesis occurs on a lipid raft membrane structure [J. Virol. 77 (2003) 77 4160]. In this study, we further characterized these replication complexes (RCs) in Huh-7 cells that support active RNA replication of a subgenomic HCV replicon. Biochemical analysis showed that these membrane structures were resistant to Nonidet P-40 or Triton X-100 (TX-100) at 4 degrees C while solubilized by beta-octylglucoside at 4 degrees C or Triton TX-100 at 37 degrees C, characteristic of lipid rafts. Cholesterol sequestration assay further demonstrated the association between HCV nonstructural (NS) proteins and cholesterol-rich lipid rafts. The RCs contained both minus- and plus-strand HCV RNA, with the plus-stranded RNA being approximately 10-fold more abundant than the minus-strand. Furthermore, the HCV RNA and NS proteins were resistant to RNase and protease digestion, respectively, but became sensitive after treatment with the raft-disrupting agents. These results suggested that the HCV RCs are protected within lipid rafts. Detergent-resistant membrane (DRM) fractions containing NS proteins and viral RNA were capable of HCV RNA synthesis using the endogenous HCV RNA template. NS proteins were distributed in both the ER and the Golgi, but the majority of the active RCs were detected in the Golgi-derived membrane. Depletion of cellular cholesterol selectively reduced HCV RNA replication. These findings provide further insights into the mechanism of HCV replication in vivo.
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- Hideki Aizaki
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 2011 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Kensinger RD, Catalone BJ, Krebs FC, Wigdahl B, Schengrund CL. Novel polysulfated galactose-derivatized dendrimers as binding antagonists of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2004; 48:1614-23. [PMID: 15105112 PMCID: PMC400553 DOI: 10.1128/aac.48.5.1614-1623.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Evidence indicates that galactosyl ceramide (GalCer) and its 3'-sulfated derivative, sulfatide (SGalCer), may act as alternate coreceptors for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in CD4(-) cells. Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) may also be necessary for fusion of HIV-1 and host cell membranes. Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to determine which GSL was the best ligand for both recombinant and virus-associated gp120, we found that SGalCer was the best ligand for each rgp120 and HIV-1 isolate tested. Therefore, novel multivalent glycodendrimers, which mimic the carbohydrate clustering reportedly found in lipid rafts, were synthesized based on the carbohydrate moiety of SGalCer. Here we describe the synthesis of a polysulfated galactose functionalized, fifth generation DAB dendrimer (PS Gal 64mer), containing on average two sulfate groups per galactose residue. Its ability to inhibit HIV-1 infection of cultured indicator cells was compared to that of dextran sulfate (DxS), a known, potent, binding inhibitor of HIV-1. The results indicate that the PS Gal 64mer inhibited infection by the HIV-1 isolates tested as well as DxS.
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- Richard D Kensinger
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA
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Hale ML, Marvaud JC, Popoff MR, Stiles BG. Detergent-resistant membrane microdomains facilitate Ib oligomer formation and biological activity of Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin. Infect Immun 2004; 72:2186-93. [PMID: 15039342 PMCID: PMC375178 DOI: 10.1128/iai.72.4.2186-2193.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Clostridium perfringens iota-toxin consists of two separate proteins identified as a cell binding protein, iota b (Ib), which forms high-molecular-weight complexes on cells generating Na(+)/K(+)-permeable pores through which iota a (Ia), an ADP-ribosyltransferase, presumably enters the cytosol. Identity of the cell receptor and membrane domains involved in Ib binding, oligomer formation, and internalization is currently unknown. In this study, Vero (toxin-sensitive) and MRC-5 (toxin-resistant) cells were incubated with Ib, after which detergent-resistant membrane microdomains (DRMs) were extracted with cold Triton X-100. Western blotting revealed that Ib oligomers localized in DRMs extracted from Vero, but not MRC-5, cells while monomeric Ib was detected in the detergent-soluble fractions of both cell types. The Ib protoxin, previously shown to bind Vero cells but not form oligomers or induce cytotoxicity, was detected only in the soluble fractions. Vero cells pretreated with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C before addition of Ib indicated that glycosylphosphatidyl inositol-anchored proteins were minimally involved in Ib binding or oligomer formation. While pretreatment of Vero cells with filipin (which sequesters cholesterol) had no effect, methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (which extracts cholesterol) reduced Ib binding and oligomer formation and delayed iota-toxin cytotoxicity. These studies showed that iota-toxin exploits DRMs for oligomer formation to intoxicate cells.
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- Martha L Hale
- Toxinology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland 21702-5011, USA.
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Gauthier LR, Robbins SM. Ephrin signaling: One raft to rule them all? One raft to sort them? One raft to spread their call and in signaling bind them? Life Sci 2004; 74:207-16. [PMID: 14607248 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The Eph receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) and their membrane-bound ligands, the ephrins, mediate cell-contact-dependent signaling events that control multiple aspects of metazoan embryonic development. The ephrins and their receptors regulate cell movement that is essential for forming and stabilizing the spatial organization of tissues and cell types. This includes the guidance of migrating cells or neuronal growth cones to specific targets. Although the biological responses mediated by the ephrin-Eph system were thought to be imparted by the Eph receptor via 'classical' RTK signaling pathways, there is now accumulating evidence that the ephrins are not merely ligands but have biological activity independent of the kinase activity of their cognate Eph receptor. This activity is commonly referred to as 'reverse' or 'bi-directional' signaling. Furthermore, ephrin-mediated signaling is restricted to specific membrane microdomains known as 'lipid rafts', which we believe imparts specificity to the extracellular signal. This review highlights the current data to support a role for lipid rafts in regulating aspects of ephrin-mediated signaling.
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- Laura R Gauthier
- Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, T2N-4N1, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Throughout evolution, organisms have developed immune-surveillance networks to protect themselves from potential pathogens. At the cellular level, the signalling events that regulate these defensive responses take place in membrane rafts--dynamic microdomains that are enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipids--that facilitate many protein-protein and lipid-protein interactions at the cell surface. Pathogens have evolved many strategies to ensure their own survival and to evade the host immune system, in some cases by hijacking rafts. However, understanding the means by which pathogens exploit rafts might lead to new therapeutic strategies to prevent or alleviate certain infectious diseases, such as those caused by HIV-1 or Ebola virus.
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- Santos Mañes
- Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/Spanish Council for Scientific Research, Campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain
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Abrami L, Liu S, Cosson P, Leppla SH, van der Goot FG. Anthrax toxin triggers endocytosis of its receptor via a lipid raft-mediated clathrin-dependent process. J Cell Biol 2003; 160:321-8. [PMID: 12551953 PMCID: PMC2172673 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200211018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The protective antigen (PA) of the anthrax toxin binds to a cell surface receptor and thereby allows lethal factor (LF) to be taken up and exert its toxic effect in the cytoplasm. Here, we report that clustering of the anthrax toxin receptor (ATR) with heptameric PA or with an antibody sandwich causes its association to specialized cholesterol and glycosphingolipid-rich microdomains of the plasma membrane (lipid rafts). We find that although endocytosis of ATR is slow, clustering it into rafts either via PA heptamerization or using an antibody sandwich is necessary and sufficient to trigger efficient internalization and allow delivery of LF to the cytoplasm. Importantly, altering raft integrity using drugs prevented LF delivery and cleavage of cytosolic MAPK kinases, suggesting that lipid rafts could be therapeutic targets for drugs against anthrax. Moreover, we show that internalization of PA is dynamin and Eps15 dependent, indicating that the clathrin-dependent pathway is the major route of anthrax toxin entry into the cell. The present work illustrates that although the physiological role of the ATR is unknown, its trafficking properties, i.e., slow endocytosis as a monomer and rapid clathrin-mediated uptake on clustering, make it an ideal anthrax toxin receptor.
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- Laurence Abrami
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Abrami L, Fivaz M, Glauser PE, Sugimoto N, Zurzolo C, van der Goot FG. Sensitivity of polarized epithelial cells to the pore-forming toxin aerolysin. Infect Immun 2003; 71:739-46. [PMID: 12540553 PMCID: PMC145399 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.2.739-746.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Aerolysin is one of the major virulence factors produced by Aeromonas hydrophila, a human pathogen that produces deep wound infection and gastroenteritis. The toxin interacts with target mammalian cells by binding to the glycan core of glycosylphosphatidyl inositol (GPI)-anchored proteins and subsequently forms a pore in the plasma membrane. Since epithelial cells of the intestine are the primary targets of aerolysin, we investigated its effect on three types of polarized epithelial cells: Caco-2 cells, derived from human intestine; MDCK cells, a well-characterized cell line in terms of protein targeting; and FRT cells, an unusual cell line in that it targets its GPI-anchored proteins to the basolateral plasma membrane in contrast to other epithelial cells, which target them almost exclusively to the apical surface. Surprisingly, we found that all three cell types were sensitive to the toxin from both the apical and the basolateral sides. Apical sensitivity was always higher, even for FRT cells. In contrast, FRT cells were more sensitive from the basolateral than from the apical side to the related toxin Clostridium septicum alpha-toxin, which also binds to GPI-anchored proteins but lacks the lectin binding domain found in aerolysin. These observations are consistent with the notion that a shuttling mechanism involving low-affinity interactions with surface sugars allows aerolysin to gradually move toward the membrane surface, where it can finally encounter the glycan cores of GPI-anchored proteins.
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- Laurence Abrami
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Makoveichuk E, Cherepanov P, Lundberg S, Forsberg A, Olivecrona G. pH6 antigen of Yersinia pestis interacts with plasma lipoproteins and cell membranes. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:320-30. [PMID: 12576514 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200182-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Yersinia pestis expresses a potential adhesin, the pH6 antigen (pH6-Ag), which appears as fimbria-like structures after exposure of the bacteria to low pH. pH6-Ag was previously shown to agglutinate erythrocytes and to bind to certain galactocerebrosides. We demonstrate that purified pH6-Ag selectively binds to apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins in human plasma, mainly LDL. Binding was not prevented by antibodies to apoB. pH6-Ag interacted also with liposomes and with a lipid emulsion, indicating that the lipid moiety of the lipoprotein was responsible for the interaction. Both apoB-containing lipoproteins and liposomes prevented binding of pH6-Ag to THP-I monocyte-derived macrophages as well as pH6-Ag-mediated agglutination of erythrocytes. Binding of pH6-Ag to macrophages was not dependent on the presence of LDL receptors. Treatment of the cells with Triton X-100 or with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin indicated that the binding of pH6-Ag was partly dependent on lipid rafts. We suggest that interaction of pH6-Ag with apoB-containing lipoproteins could be of importance for the establishment of Y. pestis infections. Binding of lipoproteins to the bacterial surface could prevent recognition of the pathogen by the host defence systems. This might be important for the ability of the pathogen to replicate in the susceptible host.
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- Elena Makoveichuk
- Department of Medical Biosciences, Physiological Chemistry, Umeå University, SE-901 85 Umeå, Sweden
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Helicobacter pylori has a particular affinity to cholesterol. It is not known, however, whether other steroidal substances are bound as well. In order to characterize the specificity and nature of the H. pylori-steroid interaction, the affinity of H. pylori to cholesterol and several steroidal hormones was investigated. Seven strains of H. pylori (five reference strains, two wild strains) and one strain each of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Escherichia coli were cultured on a cholesterol-free medium. Cholesterol-free bacteria were incubated with cyclodextrin-mediated cholesterol and several cyclodextrin-mediated steroidal hormones (beta-estradiol, testosterone, progesterone, hydrocortisone, dexamethasone). The steroid contents of the bacteria were determined by gas liquid chromatography. High amounts of cholesterol were detected in all H. pylori strains, whilst steroidal hormones were not found. Neither S. epidermidis nor E. coli showed an appreciable amount of cholesterol in the chromatographic examinations. Bacterial pretreatment with proteinase K diminished cholesterol adsorption of H. pylori. These data indicate a specific affinity of H. pylori to cholesterol. This unique property might serve as a pathogenicity component enabling survival and colonization of H. pylori in the gastric environment.
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- Carola Trampenau
- Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122, Essen, Germany
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Shimada Y, Maruya M, Iwashita S, Ohno-Iwashita Y. The C-terminal domain of perfringolysin O is an essential cholesterol-binding unit targeting to cholesterol-rich microdomains. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:6195-203. [PMID: 12473115 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03338.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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There is much evidence to indicate that cholesterol forms lateral membrane microdomains (rafts), and to suggest their important role in cellular signaling. However, no probe has been produced to analyze cholesterol behavior, especially cholesterol movement in rafts, in real time. To obtain a potent tool for analyzing cholesterol dynamics in rafts, we prepared and characterized several truncated fragments of theta-toxin (perfringolysin O), a cholesterol-binding cytolysin, whose chemically modified form has been recently shown to bind selectively to rafts. BIAcore and structural analyses demonstrate that the C-terminal domain (domain 4) of the toxin is the smallest functional unit that has the same cholesterol-binding activity as the full-size toxin with structural stability. Cell membrane-bound recombinant domain 4 was detected in the floating low-density fractions and was found to be cofractionated with the raft-associated protein Lck, indicating that recombinant domain 4 also binds selectively to cholesterol-rich rafts. Furthermore, an enhanced green fluorescent protein-domain 4 fusion protein stains membrane surfaces in a cholesterol-dependent manner in living cells. Therefore, domain 4 of theta-toxin is an essential cholesterol-binding unit targeting to cholesterol in membrane rafts, providing a very useful tool for further studies on lipid rafts on cell surfaces and inside cells.
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- Yukiko Shimada
- Biomembrane Research Group, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan.
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Schraw W, Li Y, McClain MS, van der Goot FG, Cover TL. Association of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) with lipid rafts. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:34642-50. [PMID: 12121984 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203466200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A variety of extracellular ligands and pathogens interact with raft domains in the plasma membrane of eukaryotic cells. In this study, we examined the role of lipid rafts and raft-associated glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins in the process by which Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) intoxicates cells. We first investigated whether GPI-anchored proteins are required for VacA toxicity by analyzing wild-type Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and CHO-LA1 mutant cells that are defective in production of GPI-anchored proteins. Whereas wild-type and mutant cells differed markedly in susceptibility to aerolysin (a bacterial toxin that binds to GPI-anchored proteins), they were equally susceptible to VacA. We next determined whether VacA physically associates with lipid rafts. CHO or HeLa cells were incubated with VacA, and Triton-insoluble membranes then were separated by sucrose density gradient centrifugation. Immunoblot analysis revealed that a substantial proportion of cell-associated toxin was associated with detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). DRM association required acid activation of the purified toxin prior to contact with cells, and acid activation also was required for VacA cytotoxicity. Treatment of cells with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (a cholesterol-depleting agent) did not inhibit VacA-induced depolarization of the plasma membrane, but interfered with the internalization or intracellular localization of VacA and inhibited the capacity of the toxin to induce cell vacuolation. Treatment of cells with nystatin also inhibited VacA-induced cell vacuolation. These data indicate that VacA associates with lipid raft microdomains in the absence of GPI-anchored proteins and suggest that association of the toxin with lipid rafts is important for VacA cytotoxicity.
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- Wayne Schraw
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Kobayashi T, Beuchat MH, Chevallier J, Makino A, Mayran N, Escola JM, Lebrand C, Cosson P, Kobayashi T, Gruenberg J. Separation and characterization of late endosomal membrane domains. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:32157-64. [PMID: 12065580 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202838200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Very little is known about the biophysical properties and the lipid or protein composition of membrane domains presumably present in endocytic and biosynthetic organelles. Here we analyzed the membrane composition of late endosomes by suborganellar fractionation in the absence of detergent. We found that the internal membranes of this multivesicular organelle can be separated from the limiting membrane and that each membrane population exhibited a defined composition. Our data also indicated that internal membranes may consist of at least two populations, containing primarily phosphatidylcholine or lysobisphosphatidic acid as major phospholipid, arguing for the existence of significant microheterogeneity within late endosomal membranes. We also found that lysobisphosphatidic acid exhibited unique pH-dependent fusogenic properties, and we speculated that this lipid is an ideal candidate to regulate the dynamic properties of this internal membrane mosaic.
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- Toshihide Kobayashi
- Department of Biochemistry, Sciences II, University of Geneva, 30 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211-Geneva-4, Switzerland
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Elagoz A, Benjannet S, Mammarbassi A, Wickham L, Seidah NG. Biosynthesis and cellular trafficking of the convertase SKI-1/S1P: ectodomain shedding requires SKI-1 activity. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:11265-75. [PMID: 11756446 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109011200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Subtilisin kexin isozyme-1 (SKI-1)/site 1 protease is a mammalian subtilase composed of distinct functional domains. Among the major substrates of SKI-1 are the sterol regulatory element-binding proteins, regulating cholesterol and fatty acid homeostasis. Other substrates include the stress response factor activating transcription factor-6, the brain-derived neurotrophic factor, and the surface glycoproteins of highly infectious viruses belonging to the family of Arenaviridae. Domain deletion and/or point mutants were used to gauge the role of the various domains of SKI-1. Biosynthesis, cellular trafficking, and sterol regulatory element-binding protein-2 cleavage activity were used as diagnostic tools. Results revealed that Arg(130) and Arg(134) are critical for the autocatalytic primary processing of the prosegment and for the subsequent efficient exit of SKI-1 from the endoplasmic reticulum. Functional mapping of the growth factor cytokine receptor motif suggested a folding role within the endoplasmic reticulum. Microsequencing of the remaining membrane-bound stub following ectodomain shedding of SKI-1 localized the shedding site to KHQKLL(953) downward arrow. Site-directed mutagenesis, in vitro cleavage of a synthetic peptide containing the shedding site, and inhibitor studies favor an autocatalytic event occurring at a non-canonical SKI-1 recognition sequence, with P2 and P1 Leu being very critical. In conclusion, multiple domains ensuring optimal functional characteristics control SKI-1 activity and cellular trafficking.
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- Aram Elagoz
- Laboratory of Biochemical Neuroendocrinology, Clinical Research Institute of Montréal, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada
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Zajchowski LD, Robbins SM. Lipid rafts and little caves. Compartmentalized signalling in membrane microdomains. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:737-52. [PMID: 11846775 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lipid rafts are liquid-ordered membrane microdomains with a unique protein and lipid composition found on the plasma membrane of most, if not all, mammalian cells. A large number of signalling molecules are concentrated within rafts, which have been proposed to function as signalling centres capable of facilitating efficient and specific signal transduction. This review summarizes current knowledge regarding the composition, structure, and dynamic nature of lipid rafts, as well as a number of different signalling pathways that are compartmentalized within these microdomains. Potential mechanisms through which lipid rafts carry out their specialized role in signalling are discussed in light of recent experimental evidence.
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10 Membranolytic toxins. J Microbiol Methods 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0580-9517(02)31011-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Herreros J, Ng T, Schiavo G. Lipid rafts act as specialized domains for tetanus toxin binding and internalization into neurons. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:2947-60. [PMID: 11598183 PMCID: PMC60147 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.10.2947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Tetanus (TeNT) is a zinc protease that blocks neurotransmission by cleaving the synaptic protein vesicle-associated membrane protein/synaptobrevin. Although its intracellular catalytic activity is well established, the mechanism by which this neurotoxin interacts with the neuronal surface is not known. In this study, we characterize p15s, the first plasma membrane TeNT binding proteins and we show that they are glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoproteins in nerve growth factor (NGF)-differentiated PC12 cells, spinal cord cells, and purified motor neurons. We identify p15 as neuronal Thy-1 in NGF-differentiated PC12 cells. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy measurements confirm the close association of the binding domain of TeNT and Thy-1 at the plasma membrane. We find that TeNT is recruited to detergent-insoluble lipid microdomains on the surface of neuronal cells. Finally, we show that cholesterol depletion affects a raft subpool and blocks the internalization and intracellular activity of the toxin. Our results indicate that TeNT interacts with target cells by binding to lipid rafts and that cholesterol is required for TeNT internalization and/or trafficking in neurons.
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- J Herreros
- Molecular Neuropathobiology, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, WC2A 3PX London, United Kingdom.
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Valcarcel CA, Dalla Serra M, Potrich C, Bernhart I, Tejuca M, Martinez D, Pazos F, Lanio ME, Menestrina G. Effects of lipid composition on membrane permeabilization by sticholysin I and II, two cytolysins of the sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus. Biophys J 2001; 80:2761-74. [PMID: 11371451 PMCID: PMC1301462 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76244-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Sticholysin I and II (St I and St II), two basic cytolysins purified from the Caribbean sea anemone Stichodactyla helianthus, efficiently permeabilize lipid vesicles by forming pores in their membranes. A general characteristic of these toxins is their preference for membranes containing sphingomyelin (SM). As a consequence, vesicles formed by equimolar mixtures of SM with phosphatidylcholine (PC) are very good targets for St I and II. To better characterize the lipid dependence of the cytolysin-membrane interaction, we have now evaluated the effect of including different lipids in the composition of the vesicles. We observed that at low doses of either St I or St II vesicles composed of SM and phosphatidic acid (PA) were permeabilized faster and to a higher extent than vesicles of PC and SM. As in the case of PC/SM mixtures, permeabilization was optimal when the molar ratio of PA/SM was ~1. The preference for membranes containing PA was confirmed by inhibition experiments in which the hemolytic activity of St I was diminished by pre-incubation with vesicles of different composition. The inclusion of even small proportions of PA into PC/SM LUVs led to a marked increase in calcein release caused by both St I and St II, reaching maximal effect at ~5 mol % of PA. Inclusion of other negatively charged lipids (phosphatidylserine (PS), phosphatidylglycerol (PG), phosphatidylinositol (PI), or cardiolipin (CL)), all at 5 mol %, also elicited an increase in calcein release, the potency being in the order CL approximately PA >> PG approximately PI approximately PS. However, some boosting effect was also obtained, including the zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or even, albeit to a lesser extent, the positively charged lipid stearylamine (SA). This indicated that the effect was not mediated by electrostatic interactions between the cytolysin and the negative surface of the vesicles. In fact, increasing the ionic strength of the medium had only a small inhibitory effect on the interaction, but this was actually larger with uncharged vesicles than with negatively charged vesicles. A study of the fluidity of the different vesicles, probed by the environment-sensitive fluorescent dye diphenylhexatriene (DPH), showed that toxin activity was also not correlated to the average membrane fluidity. It is suggested that the insertion of the toxin channel could imply the formation in the bilayer of a nonlamellar structure, a toroidal lipid pore. In this case, the presence of lipids favoring a nonlamellar phase, in particular PA and CL, strong inducers of negative curvature in the bilayer, could help in the formation of the pore. This possibility is confirmed by the fact that the formation of toxin pores strongly promotes the rate of transbilayer movement of lipid molecules, which indicates local disruption of the lamellar structure.
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- C A Valcarcel
- CNR-ITC, Centro di Fisica degli Stati Aggregati, I-38050 Povo, Italy
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Abrami L, Fivaz M, Kobayashi T, Kinoshita T, Parton RG, van der Goot FG. Cross-talk between caveolae and glycosylphosphatidylinositol-rich domains. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:30729-36. [PMID: 11406621 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102039200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most mammalian cells have in their plasma membrane at least two types of lipid microdomains, non-invaginated lipid rafts and caveolae. Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins constitute a class of proteins that are enriched in rafts but not caveolae at steady state. We have analyzed the effects of abolishing GPI biosynthesis on rafts, caveolae, and cholesterol levels. GPI-deficient cells were obtained by screening for resistance to the pore-forming toxin aerolysin, which uses this class of proteins as receptors. Despite the absence of GPI-anchored proteins, mutant cells still contained lipid rafts, indicating that GPI-anchored proteins are not crucial structural elements of these domains. Interestingly, the caveolae-specific membrane proteins, caveolin-1 and 2, were up-regulated in GPI-deficient cells, in contrast to flotillin-1 and GM1, which were expressed at normal levels. Additionally, the number of surface caveolae was increased. This effect was specific since recovery of GPI biosynthesis by gene recomplementation restored caveolin expression and the number of surface caveolae to wild type levels. The inverse correlation between the expression of GPI-anchored proteins and caveolin-1 was confirmed by the observation that overexpression of caveolin-1 in wild type cells led to a decrease in the expression of GPI-anchored proteins. In cells lacking caveolae, the absence of GPI-anchored proteins caused an increase in cholesterol levels, suggesting a possible role of GPI-anchored proteins in cholesterol homeostasis, which in some cells, such as Chinese hamster ovary cells, can be compensated by caveolin up-regulation.
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- L Abrami
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Fivaz M, Abrami L, Tsitrin Y, van der Goot FG. Aerolysin from Aeromonas hydrophila and related toxins. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 257:35-52. [PMID: 11417121 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56508-3_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- M Fivaz
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Geneva, 30 Quai Ernest-Ansermet, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Waheed AA, Shimada Y, Heijnen HF, Nakamura M, Inomata M, Hayashi M, Iwashita S, Slot JW, Ohno-Iwashita Y. Selective binding of perfringolysin O derivative to cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains (rafts). Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:4926-31. [PMID: 11309501 PMCID: PMC33140 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091090798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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There is increasing evidence that sphingolipid- and cholesterol-rich microdomains (rafts) exist in the plasma membrane. Specific proteins assemble in these membrane domains and play a role in signal transduction and many other cellular events. Cholesterol depletion causes disassembly of the raft-associated proteins, suggesting an essential role of cholesterol in the structural maintenance and function of rafts. However, no tool has been available for the detection and monitoring of raft cholesterol in living cells. Here we show that a protease-nicked and biotinylated derivative (BCtheta) of perfringolysin O (theta-toxin) binds selectively to cholesterol-rich microdomains of intact cells, the domains that fulfill the criteria of rafts. We fractionated the homogenates of nontreated and Triton X-100-treated platelets after incubation with BCtheta on a sucrose gradient. BCtheta was predominantly localized in the floating low-density fractions (FLDF) where cholesterol, sphingomyelin, and Src family kinases are enriched. Immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that BCtheta binds to a subpopulation of vesicles in FLDF. Depletion of 35% cholesterol from platelets with cyclodextrin, which accompanied 76% reduction in cholesterol from FLDF, almost completely abolished BCtheta binding to FLDF. The staining patterns of BCtheta and filipin in human epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells with and without cholesterol depletion suggest that BCtheta binds to specific membrane domains on the cell surface, whereas filipin binding is indiscriminate to cell cholesterol. Furthermore, BCtheta binding does not cause any damage to cell membranes, indicating that BCtheta is a useful probe for the detection of membrane rafts in living cells.
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- A A Waheed
- Department of Protein Biochemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakae-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan.
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van der Goot FG, Harder T. Raft membrane domains: from a liquid-ordered membrane phase to a site of pathogen attack. Semin Immunol 2001; 13:89-97. [PMID: 11308292 DOI: 10.1006/smim.2000.0300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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While the existence of cholesterol/sphingolipid (raft) membrane domains in the plasma membrane is now supported by strong experimental evidence, the structure of these domains, their size, their dynamics, and their molecular composition remain to be understood. Raft domains are thought to represent a specific physical state of lipid bilayers, the liquid-ordered phase. Recent observations suggest that in the mammalian plasma membrane small raft domains in ordered lipid phases are in a dynamic equilibrium with a less ordered membrane environment. Rafts may be enlarged and/or stabilized by protein-mediated cross-linking of raft-associated components. These changes of plasma membrane structure are perceived by the cells as signals, most likely an important element of immunoreceptor signalling. Pathogens abuse raft domains on the host cell plasma membrane as concentration devices, as signalling platforms and/or entry sites into the cell. Elucidation of these interactions requires a detailed understanding raft structure and dynamics.
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- F G van der Goot
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, 30 quai E. Ansermet, Switzerland.
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Cholesterol plays an indispensable role in regulating the properties of cell membranes in mammalian cells. Recent advances suggest that cholesterol exerts many of its actions mainly by maintaining sphingolipid rafts in a functional state. How rafts contribute to cholesterol metabolism and transport in the cell is still an open issue. It has long been known that cellular cholesterol levels are precisely controlled by biosynthesis, efflux from cells, and influx of lipoprotein cholesterol into cells. The regulation of cholesterol homeostasis is now receiving a new focus, and this changed perspective may throw light on diseases caused by cholesterol excess, the prime example being atherosclerosis.
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- K Simons
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstrasse, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Ricci V, Galmiche A, Doye A, Necchi V, Solcia E, Boquet P. High cell sensitivity to Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin depends on a GPI-anchored protein and is not blocked by inhibition of the clathrin-mediated pathway of endocytosis. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:3897-909. [PMID: 11071915 PMCID: PMC15045 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.11.3897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori vacuolating toxin (VacA) causes vacuolation in a variety of cultured cell lines, sensitivity to VacA differing greatly, however, among the different cell types. We found that the high sensitivity of HEp-2 cells to VacA was impaired by treating the cells with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC) which removes glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins from the cell surface. Incubation of cells with a cholesterol-sequestering agent, that impairs both structure and function of sphingolipid-cholesterol-rich membrane microdomains ("lipid rafts"), also impaired VacA-induced cell vacuolation. Overexpression into HEp-2 cells of proteins inhibiting clathrin-dependent endocytosis (i.e., a dominant-negative mutant of Eps15, the five tandem Src-homology-3 domains of intersectin, and the K44A dominant-negative mutant of dynamin II) did not affect vacuolation induced by VacA. Nevertheless, F-actin depolymerization, known to block the different types of endocytic mechanisms, strongly impaired VacA vacuolating activity. Taken together, our data suggest that the high cell sensitivity to VacA depends on the presence of one or several GPI-anchored protein(s), intact membrane lipid rafts, and an uptake mechanism via a clathrin-independent endocytic pathway.
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- V Ricci
- INSERM U452, Faculté de Médecine, 28 Avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice Cedex 2, France
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Fivaz M, Vilbois F, Pasquali C, van der Goot FG. Analysis of glycosyl phosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Electrophoresis 2000; 21:3351-6. [PMID: 11079555 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(20001001)21:16<3351::aid-elps3351>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterize mammalian glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins y two-dimensional gel electrophoresis using immobilized pH gradients. Analysis was performed on detergent-resistant membrane fractions of baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells, since such fractions have previously been shown to be highly enriched in GPI-anchored proteins. Although the GPI-anchored proteins were readily separated by one-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), these proteins were undetectable on two-dimensional (2-D) gels, even though these gels unambiguously revealed high enrichment of known hydrophobic proteins of detergent-resistant membranes such as caveolin-1 and flotillin-1 (identified by Western blotting and tandem mass spectrometry, respectively). Proper separation of GPI-anchored proteins required cleavage of the lipid tail with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C, presumably to avoid interference of the hydrophobic phospholipid moiety of GPI-anchors during isoelectric focusing. Using this strategy, BHK cells were observed to contain at least six GPI-anchored proteins. Each protein was also present as multiple isoforms with different isoelectric points and apparent molecular weights, consistent with extensive but differential N-glycosylation. Pretreatment with N-glycosidase F indeed caused the different isoforms of each protein to collapse into a single spot. In addition, quantitative removal of N-linked sugars greatly facilitated the detection of heavily glycosylated proteins and enabled sequencing by nanoelectrospray-tandem mass spectrometry as illustrated for the GPI-anchored protein, Thy-1.
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- M Fivaz
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Brown DA, London E. Structure and function of sphingolipid- and cholesterol-rich membrane rafts. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:17221-4. [PMID: 10770957 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r000005200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1754] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- D A Brown
- Departments of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Chemistry, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-5215, USA.
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